I am extremely interested.
While I definitely am not a veteran to audiophilia, I have owned ~30 pairs of headphones and have had the chance to experience about another 30 pair for an extended period.
I listen to every genre of music, from Classical and Film Scores, to Hip Hop and EDM, to Classic Rock and everything in between. I find that I have an amazing ear for sound quality, being able to pick up on every nuance of good and bad in a headphone in a very short time period. Not only this, but I find that I am able to describe how a headphone sounds in such a way that people can picture it with incredible accuracy, without relying on comparisons. If you choose me, you won't get a review or feedback that compares the soundstage to the HD800 or the speed to the SR-009. You will be told how I think that the headphone sounds. Comparisons will be made, but I don't write reviews that read, "Think the HE-6 but with better..." No. That isn't me.
A little bit about myself, I will be attending Northwestern University this fall for Manufacturing and Design Engineering. I love products that directly interact with consumers, and I am very knowledgeable in how products are built, build quality, and how that build affects the user, especially that of headphones. I can discern the finest details of fit and finish, and how it affects the user; something that hasn't been up to par with many of Hifiman's past headphones, especially in the upper tier.
While I haven't been lucky enough to own a flagship headphone, I've spent long amounts of time with many of them. Stax SR-009, LCD-2, Beyerdynamic T90, and Oppo PM-2 being the ones that I am most familiar with. I wrote a long and
detailed review of the Oppo PM-2. I really feel that this shows what I am capable of when it comes to describing sound quality among other things. And I'm more experienced and well versed since I wrote that review.
Gear time. If I am lucky enough to be chosen for this program, I will test it on my Oneplus One, HA-Info U2 plus (O2+ODAC knockoff), and a CDAC(galvanically isolated Sabre DAC) with a Kasso YJ-01 (which is like a Vali on steroids). I know that this won't bring out the best of the HE-1000. But if you want detailed and in depth feedback on fit and finish as well as a descriptive image of sound, that doesn't rely on comparisons. Let me know.
Feel free to ask me any questions via PM.
Thank you for the opportunity,
Nate
P.S. I also am a proud owner of the HE-400!